丟失的手套

江蘇 劉 珂

Step 1感知·閱讀導航

73歲的加里購物時總是精打細算，常能買到物美價廉的商品。十年前，他以低價買到了一副十分滿意的手套，然而，不久前他卻在超市將手套不小心弄丟了。在另買手套之前，他最后一次來到失物招領處碰運氣……他能找回心愛的手套嗎？

本文為短篇故事，全文405詞，建議用時7分鐘。

閱讀目標

1.把握故事梗概并探究主人公的性格特點；

2.挖掘故事內蘊含的關于人性善惡的主旨；

3.體會并模仿故事的語言風格，合理構思情節并展開讀后續寫。

閱讀預熱

I.Discussion

Have you lost something valuable to you,or have you accidentally picked up someone else's lost property?If so,what happened afterwards?Did you get back or return the lost property?Share your experiences as well as what you reflected upon them with your partners.

Ⅱ.Prediction

The hero of the following story lost his beloved gloves in a supermarket.According to your prediction,will he get the gloves back?If so,how will the gloves return to him?If not,what might happen to the gloves and how will the hero feel?Discuss it with your partners.

173-year-old Gary selected his food in Value Mart more carefully than NASA chooses its candidates for the space shuttle.Skim milk（脫脂牛奶）was$2.99,on sale from$3.49;white bread,89 cents with a discount;table salt,99 cents,20 cents off the regular price.Leaving the cashier,he estimated that he had saved 80 cents today.He was pleased that he had got good value for his money again.

2At the exit,the cold wind reminded him of his gloves.“Now where are they?”Not in the coat pockets.Not in the grocery bag either.The worried man made a thorough search of all his pockets again,including the grocery bag.Now he was sure that they must have been dropped somewhere inside the store.

3Old Gary had bought the black gloves at a 25%discount ten years ago.His quick decision to buy the expensive gloves turned out to be a good one,which even promoted his social status on the bus,as poorer passengers stared at him enviously.Losing this favorite possession was almost like losing a child for him.

4Gary re-entered the store with long steps.He followed the same route he had walked before.There were all open passages and it did not take long for him to be convinced that the gloves were not in sight.

5“Society has changed;people have changed,”he murmured to himself.“Years ago,if somebody picked up something lost,they would give it back.Not any more!”

6On his way out,he went over to the cashier to ask if she had received any lost gloves.She asked him what color they were,and when he said“black”,there came a disappointing answer.He took his time now,finally walking out of the store.

7Back home,Gary was at a loss.In deep winter,he could not do without a pair of gloves.He was very upset that people no longer returned things they found on the road.

8After a week,Gary decided to buy another leather pair.Before boarding the subway,he stepped into Value Mart again to see if by any chance his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office.“What color are they?”the woman in the office asked again.“Black,”he gave the same answer.She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of men's leather gloves,“Are they?”

Step 2 理解·文本解讀

I.Combing the events in the right time order

A.Gary asked the cashier whether she had received lost gloves.

B.Gary bought discounted daily necessities at Value Mart.

C.Gary walked the same route he had walked before in search of the gloves.

D.Gary went to the lost and found office again to try his fortune.

E.Gary decided to buy another pair of gloves.

F.Gary realized he had left his favorite gloves in the store.

Ⅱ.Exploring the characteristics of the main character

Clues in the article Possible characteristics Leaving the cashier,he estimated that he had saved 80 cents today. 1.________________He was pleased that he had got good value for his money again. 2.________________His quick decision to buy the expensive gloves turned out to be a good one,which even promoted his social status on the bus. 3.________________“Society has changed;people have changed,”he murmured to himself.“Years ago,if somebody picked up something lost,they would give it back.Not any more!”4.________________

Ⅲ.Deep thinking

When old Gary came to the lost and found office the second time,did he hold out much hope?Why?

Ⅳ.Exploring the theme

The narration tells the story of an old man losing his favorite gloves with an open ending.Readers are uncertain whether Gary got the gloves back in the end.Why doesn't the author give a definite ending to the story?What do you think the theme of the passage is?

Step 3 運用·讀寫整合

Continuation task

請根據小說情節、內容、語言特點及所給段落開頭語，續寫兩段,使之成為一篇完整的小說。詞數150左右。

Paragraph 1:

Looking at the fairly new gloves in the woman's hand,Gary hesitated for a moment.___________

Paragraph 2:

When Gary was about to leave the office,the door opened from outside and a young man came in.________________________________________________________________________________

Step 4 提升·素養建構

Read the following sentences and discover their language features.

1.73-year-old Gary selected his food in Value Mart more carefully than NASA chooses its candidates for the space shuttle.

2.His quick decision to buy the expensive gloves turned out to be a good one,which even promoted his social status on the bus,as poorer passengers stared at him enviously.Losing this favorite possession was almost like losing a child for him.

3.Gary re-entered the store with long steps...He took his time now,finally walking out of the store.

淺談失物招領

許多公共場所都設有失物招領處，其英語表達為Lost and Found，可以幫助人們有效地找回或歸還遺失物品。

失物招領是人們生活中經常發生的情景，許多文藝作品都以此為主題。例如，由英國導演菲利普·亨特（Philip Hunt）執導的喜劇短片Lost and Found（中文譯名《遠在天邊》）。影片講述了在秋葉紛飛的港口小鎮，一只孤獨的企鵝彷徨在空蕩蕩的街道上，它饑腸轆轆、無所依靠，漫無目的地來到了一個小男孩的家中。企鵝似乎對男孩的收音機頗感興趣，男孩則有些不知所措，只得把它送到失物招領處，然而根本沒人丟失過企鵝。小企鵝成為男孩的累贅，幾番周折，男孩得知企鵝都生活在南極。于是，他制作了小木船，和小企鵝踏上了前往南極的歸鄉旅途……

該片由英國著名動畫工作室AKA根據繪本名家奧利弗·杰弗斯（Oliver Jeffers）的同名原著改編。該片榮獲2009年英國電影電視藝術學院兒童獎最佳影片獎和2009年芝加哥國際兒童電影節兒童評委會獎最佳動畫片。